The Tories' obsession with raising taxes shows they have badly lost their way

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So let me get this straight: the Tories are planning to go into the next general election promising to increase taxes. Not just by a little bit, mind, by many, many billions. Not just any taxes, but those that target the more successful, upwardly mobile families, the kind that the Tories used to consider to be their people. And not just at any time, but as we supposedly exit the European Union, a disruptive moment which will require a radical, laser-like focus on competitiveness and productivity.

What, exactly, is wrong with this government? Normally, politicians dump their principles to win elections, but the Tories seem to be planning to dump Toryism better to be defeated. Theresa May’s decision...